Article
Ethylene, but not salicylic acid or methyl jasmonate, induces a resistance response against Phytophthora capsici in Habanero pepper
2011-12-01
Abstract excerpt
We sprayed defence-related plant growth regulators (salicylic acid, methyl jasmonate and ethephon) on one-month-old Habanero pepper seedlings cultivated in vitro. Twenty-four hours later, we inoculated the seedlings with a virulent strain of Phytophthora capsici and periodically evaluated the disease symptoms. At the concentrations used, neither salicylic acid nor methyl jasmonate generated a protective effect in...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e5881acb-0b7c-5698-8d6e-929acb1fde88
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10658-011-9841-z
